Rotary-toaster stove



Dec. l1 1923. 1,477,343

G. B. GRIFFIN ROTARY TOASTER STOVE Filed DeC. 16.. 1920 INVENTOR Patented )Een lll, E923..

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GEORGE BREWER GRFFIN, 01E' SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNCJBE' T@ WEST- ICNGBCUSE ELECTRIC )PRODUCTS COMPANY, A CORPORATION F MICHEGAN.

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A f Applicatten illee'l December 16, 1920. Serial No. 431,066.

' G Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rotary-Toaster Stoves, of which the followin is a specification.

y invention relates to electrically heated it) apparatus and articularly to electric toasters, and it has or one of its objects to provide a rotary electric toaster.

Another object of my invention is to provide a rotary electric toaster which shall em- Il@ body means for causing the rotation of one of the parts of the toaster relative to the other part.

Heretofore, in the ordinary type ot electric toaster used on the table, the toasting toolr place whilethe material was stationary relative to the heating element and the only movement was that of inserting and removing the successive pieces of material.

ln practicing my invention, l providev a suitable base member and mount thereon a heating element and a material carrying member., the rotation of one of which relative to the other is effected by embodying meansin a cover member that is actuated S11) by the current of heated air rising from the heating element. ll provide, also, means for carrying the device and means for holding pieces of material until desired for use.

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Figure l is a top plan view of a device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical cross-section, ot the device shown in Fig. l, and

Fig. 3 is a view taken on the lin'e lll-lll of Fig. 2.

A base member l ot any suitable shape, which is here shown as of substantially c1rcular contour, is provided with a lateral extension 2. A vertically extending supporting member 3 is made integral with the members 1 and 2, as by being cast therewith. l'lhe extension 3 is provided with intertting members 4: and la which are ad- )instable relatively to each other and to the member 3 and which may be clamped in any desired position 'by a clamping screw 4b. The members d and la are so arranged as to support electrical heating elements 5. 'lhese heating elements may be of any suitable or desired contour and construction and will, therefor, not be described in detail here. However, in general, they may be of open type and arranged to radiate their heat directly on the material to be toasted as will hereinafter be further set forth.

A suitable switching device 6, giving one or more heating values may be mounted in the base'member l and a contact socket 7 may be provided in the extension 2. While ll. have shown a speciiic location for the switching device 6 and the contact socket 7, l do not desire to be limited to the location shown, as these are illustrative only. Suitable means may be provided to permit the arrangement of the heating elements in a vertical plane relative to each other and to the other parts of the device.

While ll have shown a plurality of oppositely spaced heating elements 5, covering substantially only one-fourth of the area, ll may provide a larger number of such sets of heating elements as by providing another set diametrically opposite the rst set shown in the drawings or l may provide an even larger number, as for instance, 3 sets. llt is only necessary to leave tree a peripheral space suiciently large to permit of inserting and of removing the pieces of material. ln this connection, it may be noted also that, as the number of heating elements is increased, the 'speed with which the slices ot bread are toasted'is also increased, and that, by regulating the heat or the speed oil the revolving member, one may obtain toast ot any desired crispness.

'lhe base member l is provided with a vertically extending shaft member 8 on 'which is suitably secured a material car' rying member 9 which may comprise a plurality of suitably connected rod members 9a, so arranged as to form an open rack, here shown as being substantially octagon'al in outline. However, the general outline is not important in connection with the design or operation ot the device and is dicated more particularly by considerations of beauty of design as it is intended that this device shall be placedupon the table in the home.

A suitable bearing member 10 1s provided, upon-which the rack 9 may berotated in a manner to be hereinafter set forth..

'lhe base member 1 is further provided with a substantially circular crumb tray ll which is ot use not only in receiving. any

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larly disposed lfan members 13 are crumbs telling trom rthe material being toasted, but is also useful in conserving the heat, as well as giving a more finished appearance to the entire device.

A cover member 12 is mounted upon the shaft 8 and is so arranged as to rotate with the material supporting rack 9. As shown in Fig. 2, the cover member 12 comprises a relatively shallow member of' relatively thin material, as for instance, sheet metal. A plurality of vanes 13 are punched in the top of the member 12 and are so shaped as to act substantially as ian blades tor a urpose to be hereinafter set forth. e l have shown the cover member 12 as comprising the vanes 13 integral therewith, this is not necessary and l ma use any suitable construction wherein a p urality of angueither integral with the cover mem suitably secured thereto.

A suitable handle member 14 is provided on the cover member 12. 'lhe design of the co-operatin parts of the base, the bearing, the materia supporting rack and the cover member is such that the device may be carried by means of the handle member 1d. An ornamental rack member 15 is suitably secured to the `cover member 12 and comprises a plurality of metal strips 16 so bent as to provide a plurality of frames of substantially lll-shape and a plurality of metal tie rods 17. 'lhe member 15 provides a means for holdin pieces oi material which have been toasted?.

lllhen the heating element 5 is energized currents of heated air will rise substantially vertically therefrom and will impinge upon the vanes 13 and cause the cover member 12 and the teriall supporting rack 9 to rotate. 'lhe speed ci rotation is pro ortional to the quantity of heated air arising from the heating means 5 and the amount ol friction in the roller bearing 10. bllhe speed may he varied, within certain limits, by placing a greater or a lesser nber ot slices ci br in the material sup orting rack 9 or b lacing slices or tre or oi toasted bre 1n the raclr 15 upon the cover member 12.

" fr e li have shown the heating means 5 as located fn a substantially horizontal position, ll do not desire to be limited to such position, as ll may mount these in a substantially vertical position and' so arrange the material supporting rack that the slices of bread are also in a substantially vertical position and they rotate between the heat 1n elements 5.

t will be seen that the use of the device embodying my invention provides a means of rotating the material to beitoasted relative to the heating means which is actuated by currents oli heated air caused by the hea .elements dg their normal operation off toing the material pd in nerveus the material carrying rack provided for that purpose.

While l have shown a specific form of the device embodying mv invention, various modiications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and l desire that only such limitations shall be placed thereon as are imposed by the prior art or are specically set forth in the appended claims.

l claim as my invention:

1. ln an electrical toaster, the combination with a plurality of heating elements and a material-carrier, of means actuated b said heating means for causing said carrler to rotate material placed therein relatively to said heating elements.

2. In an electric toaster, the combination with a base, a crumb tray and a heating element, both said tray and element being mounted on said base, of a material-car. .rylng member, and a cover therefor, both said carrying member and said cover being rotatable on said base.

3. ln an electric toaster, the combination with a base, a crumb tray and a heating element, both said tray and said element being secured to said base and supported thereby, of a material-carrying member, a cover member therefor, and means associated with said cover member and actuated by said heating element for causing said materialcarrying member to rotate relatively to said heatmg element.

t. ln an electric toaster, the combination with a base, a crumb tray and a heating element, all of said members being stationary relatively to 'each other, of a materialening member, a cover member, means for rotatably supporting said carrying member and said cover on said base and means on said cover actuated by said heating element l 6. ln an electric toaster, the combinationl with a base, and a plurality of heating elements, of a vertically extending shaft secured to said base, a bearing on said base, a materiahcarrying member supported by said bearing, and means located above said heating elements and said carrying member for rotating said material-carrying member on said bearing.

7. ln an electric toaer, the combination with a 'vertically exten m shalt sec te lll lll

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itcraeee said base, and a bearing on said base, of a material-carrying member rotatably supported by said bearing, a plurality of heating elements located on opposite sides of said material-carrying member, a cover member, and means embodied in said cover member, actuated by said heating elements, to cause said cover member and said material-carrying member to rotate on Said bearine.

An electrically heated toaster comprising a rotatable material-carrying member and a plurality of spaced electric heating elements,.said heating elements being adjustable relative to each other and to the material-carryine,` member.

9. An electrically heated toaster comprising -a rotatable material-carrying member v and a plurality of horizontally extending spaced electric heating elements, said heating elements being adjustable in a vertical plane relative to each other and to the material-carrying member.

10. ln an electric toaster, the combination with a base and a heatin means supported by said base, of a materia #carrying member, a cover` member, means for rotatably supporting said material-carrying member and said cover member on said base, and means secured to said cover member for holding material.

ln testimony whereof, ll have hereunto subscribed my name this twentysixtli day of November 1920.`

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